English
Navidad
Navidad comes from Old Spanish nauidat ‘birth, nativity’, from Latin nātus ‘born’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēpōnōas deponent‘to lay, set, put or place aside or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīvus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātīvus‘inborn, innate, imparted by birth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātīvitātem‘birth’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500nauidat‘birth, nativity’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNavidad
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēpōnōas deponent‘to lay, set, put or place aside or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātus‘born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīvus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātīvus‘inborn, innate, imparted by birth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātīvitātem‘birth’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500nauidat‘birth, nativity’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNavidad
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
suppose, homeless, compound, impose, hamlet, bohemian, homely, hame, 48 more
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
apposite, prepositional, 37 more
through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
site, situation, composition, posture, supposition, preposition, situate, compostela, positivism, situs, 39 more
through Proto-Italic *pozinō
opposition, proposition, exposition, deposition, disposition, compost, imposition, suppository, presupposition, compositor, impost, 24 more
through Latin pōnō ‘place, put’
post, position, purpose, opposite, opponent, propose, expose, dispose, compose, repository, proponent, exponent, posit, expound, pone, presuppose, 54 more
through Latin dēpōnō ‘to lay, set, put or place aside or away’
through Latin nātus ‘born’
natural, noel, nee, natal, nada, 7 more
through Latin īvus
positive, festival, festive, festivity, naïveté, 9 more
through Latin nātīvus ‘inborn, innate, imparted by birth’
Today it means
name A city in Chile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / Navidad